JournalistOregonBob

Who here likes Paul Theroux? Currently, I am enjoying "Ghost Train...". What's your take on him and other travel writers? Bob robertgeary9@aol.com I am an Anglophile who tends to read diaries, letters and personal stuff.

Hello, I am wondering just how visible we are in the several time zones existing in our country. I cite my question in national terms since Oregon, my home for the past eight years, is remote, with a metro population of about two million in a state of under four million. Apparently, it is a divided place, with Conservatives sometimes splitting the vote. But their view is usually loud and clear. Could you respond with some description of the LGBT community's visibility in your area? To describe what exists here: one biweekly (www.justout.com) and in our main daily, The Oregonian,has one lesbian columnist, Anna Griffin. Personally, I (a former battle group newspaper editor and monthly columnist at Dignity Los Angeles) have had about forty letters published in our main daily, The Oregonian, over the past eight years. I am out; so it seems that I must cope with the vandalism of my Toyota, and with hate mail in the Oregonian. Maybe there is nothing quite like starting the day reading the published hate mail of some unknown, local homophobe. However, if my published view indicates that we will have nothing less than equality, then so be it: let the hate flow. Surely, at this late date, I can take it. So, in this introductory blog, I ask about your political activism, hoping to hear that you are fearless. Interested? Bob robertgeary9@aol.com